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Mundial Brasil 2014: FIFA nombra al Papa Francisco 'Amigo del FĂştbol'
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Cuando ya se conoce a las 32 selecciones clasificadas al Mundial Brasil 2014, con el ingreso final de Uruguay tras vencer a Jordania, el Papa Francisco recibiĂł hoy en audiencia privada al presidente de la FIFA, Joseph Blatter, en un encuentro en el que este Ăşltimo entregĂł al Santo Padre un banderĂn en el que se reconoce al PontĂfice como "Amigo del FĂştbol".
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11/22/2013 (1 decade ago)
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VATICANO (ACI) - Blatter obsequiĂł al Papa un banderĂn con este reconocimiento, una camiseta blanca con el nĂşmero 10 y un armadillo de peluche, la mascota del Mundial. TambiĂ©n le regalĂł un ejemplar escrito en latĂn de la nueva revista The FIFA Weekly, que en este nĂşmero especial incluye, entre otras cosas, un reportaje fotográfico sobre San Lorenzo, el club del que es socio el PontĂfice.
SegĂşn informĂł la FIFA en un comunicado, los traductores de la revista tuvieron que recurrir a algunos "trucos" lingĂĽĂsticos, debido a que ciertos tĂ©rminos, como penal, cĂłrner o centrodelantero "todavĂa no existĂan en la antigua Roma".
La reunión se dio ocho meses después de la elección del Papa Francisco, momento en el que Blatter, a través de una carta pública, definió al Santo Padre como "un gran apasionado del fútbol y de un equipo apodado La Santa Escuadra".
Para el presidente de la FIFA, la fe y el fĂştbol tienen semejanzas: "ambos tienen valores en comĂşn. El fĂştbol, como la fe en Dios, puede construir puentes, llevar alegrĂa y esperanza y, sobre todo, unir los pueblos de todo el mundo".
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